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Name: | Fiend's Fell |
Hill number: | 2757 |
Height: | 634.9m / 2083ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2707 Cross Fell |
RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | North Pennines - Western Fells |
County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Eden (Carlisle), Tyne (Newcastle) |
Watershed: | Tynemouth, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Solway Firth, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
Class: | Nuttall, Subsimm, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (N,sSim,BL,Bg) |
Grid ref: | NY 64389 40622 |
Summit feature: | not recorded |
Drop: | 27.2m |
Col: | 607.7m NY 6459 4011 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 86 (1:25k) OL31W |
Observations: | stone 10m NNW at NY 64385 40630 is of similar height |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 351 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Whilst it was extremely grim underfoot, this would turn out to be the most pleasant hill of the day. First Nuttall of five today. | simocity | 11/02/2024 |
From the free parking area at Hartside cross to the North to reach the Nuttall summits of Fiends fell, Melmerby fell and the Dewey top of Cuns fell(my last English Dewey), a Seven and Three quarter mile walk returning by the same route as the Aglionby beck which the Maiden way cross's would have been in spate. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 11/12/2023 |
Nuttalls route: from A686 at Hartside Cross via Maiden Way- Melmerby Fell and Fiends Fell. Extremely hot day- hottest of the year according to Met Office. Lots of shooters out on the fells. Poor grouse. | Lazylizzie | 09/09/2023 |
From Hartside Pass - with GW | JohnIvor | 17/05/2023 |
Parked at Hartside Summit. It was cold with heavy snow showers. Cloud base above summits but below in the showers. About an inch of snow on the summit. Relatively easy but quite boggy walk over Fiends Fell and Knapside Hill and on to summit cairn and nearby stone marking summit. Did get views of a very snowy Lake District. Time taken 2 hours for 5.8 miles and just 700 feet of ascent. | isabelle | 12/04/2023 |
Renwick to Thack Fell then Watch hill, Black Fell, Hartside Height, Hartside Cross, Fiends Fell and descent to Renwick via Twotop Hill & Fellgate. A dry cold day with hill fog & moor ground frozen. | Vin | 07/02/2023 |
Hartside Cross - Fiend's Fell - Melmerby Fell - Hartside Cross. | Mark Jackson | 26/08/2022 |
14.6 miles 2176ft walk Fiend's Fell from Ousby. | stephenbuda | 03/07/2022 |
From Hartside Summit. Fiends Fell and Melmerby Fell. Back to car park for lunch. Just as the heavens opened. | Longwojo | 20/05/2022 |
2/3 Melmerby Fell and Fiends Fell (repeats) then over the Alston road to Black Fell. Three Nutalls on an LDWA group walk ably led by Caroline Roy. Jolly chilly with a little snow on the ground but a grand day.Valley up from Melmerby is glorious. | nickywood1 | 03/04/2022 |
My final peak of the day. I had started at Cold Fell and having ticked off Fiend's Fell, I camped just below the summit out of the wind. A long but very satisfying day. | morgs4mountains | 22/03/2022 |
En route to Melmerby Fell. | Nick Canute | 15/01/2022 |
From Hartside Pass Cark park on path. Revisit. Trig. Onto Cross Fell via circuitous route of Elmslies and Tumps and buried concrete ring. With R& CJO from Alston YH RHSoc Bagger Rambles. Grey skies. | Denise | 14/11/2021 |
revisit:On way to Cross Fell with Richard and Denise, ticking a couple of Tumps and Elmsie on the way. Still needs a revist to complete Elmsie. | cjo | 14/11/2021 |
From Hartside car park. Track, then head for large cairn to pick up grassy track direct to summit. Visited trig and summit. | PGCE | 17/02/2021 |
from Hartside Pass | IWC | 26/09/2020 |
11.2 mile circular from Gamblesby, walked along road to Melmerby then along dead end road SE picking up path through woods up to Meikle Awfell, from there an annoying descent followed by trails fording 2 little streams along the access land boundary until the col between Cuns Fell and Caterpallot Hill, climbed over wonky gate into private land up to the summit of Caterpallot Hill, returned back to col and then a long ascent up to Cuns Fell's rocky summit, then followed ATV tracks onto Melmerby Fell, from summit an easy, not particularly boggy trail takes you all the way to Fiend's Fell, from the trig we descended NW across easy ground joining the byway and following it easily back to Gamblesby. The day started cloudy and showery but all cloud cleared when we got onto the higher tops, only saw 3 offroad bikers on the byway at the end, no one else, nice views into the Lakes, Scotland and towards The Cheviot. | DanTrig | 02/08/2020 |
From Melmerby Fell to Hartside Cross. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 17/07/2020 |
See Melmerby Fell for route | JulieB | 22/02/2020 |
Melmerby Fell via friend's fell with Ben, hard walk in high winds. | axoree | 10/02/2020 |
Midday, 2 degrees, overcast, westerlies, dusting of snow >2000'. Line of least resistance. | Wycombe Wanderer | 17/01/2020 |
Fiends Fell and Melmerby Fell from car aprk of burnt out café at Hartside Summit. 6.07miles, 2 hours 16m. | clivevilla | 19/10/2019 |
From the ruined Hartside cafe. What a shame it has not been rebuilt! Up by the grouse butts on the way out. Back more direct via the stone man. Head to back corner of car park to find start of both trails. Chilly! With B and R. | jenx | 28/09/2019 |
An early evening walk from the former Hartside café, over Fiend's Fell, Little Knapside Hill and Knapside Hill, whose shelter cairn had been a sighting mark from the start, to the little row of candidate summit cairns North of the main cairn on Melmerby Fell. The setting sun was my companion on the walk back. | Nick Down1 | 28/03/2019 |
From remains of cafe walked down bridleway for about 300 metres to plank giving access to small path which leads through gate to large cairn.Then 4wd track all the way to the summit.Dry underfoot on glorious hot sunny day.With Oscar. | catman | 26/02/2019 |
Nuttalls route. Stunning morning, cloud inversion over the Lakes | Gary Heath | 24/02/2019 |
Fiends Fell > [Little Knapside Hill pt. 2107] > Little Knapside Hill > Knapside Hill > Melmerby Fell > Stony Rigg > Melmerby Fell > Knapside Hill > Little Knapside Hill > Fiends Fell from GR: NY 64659 41812 | Hippster | 19/01/2019 |
Fiends Fell > [Little Knapside Hill pt. 2107] > Little Knapside Hill > Knapside Hill > Melmerby Fell > Stony Rigg > Melmerby Fell > Knapside Hill > Little Knapside Hill > Fiends Fell from GR: NY 64659 41812 | ronaldo333 | 19/01/2019 |
Fiends Fell > [Little Knapside Hill pt. 2107] > Little Knapside Hill > Knapside Hill > Melmerby Fell > Stony Rigg > Melmerby Fell > Knapside Hill > Little Knapside Hill > Fiends Fell from GR: NY 64659 41812 | ronaldo333 | 18/01/2019 |
Fiends Fell > [Little Knapside Hill pt. 2107] > Little Knapside Hill > Knapside Hill > Melmerby Fell > Stony Rigg > Melmerby Fell > Knapside Hill > Little Knapside Hill > Fiends Fell from GR: NY 64659 41812 | Hippster | 18/01/2019 |
Parked at Hartside cafe & followed the road back towards Alston before turning off on the Maidens Way up onto Melmerby Fell then across onto Fiends Fell. | Stu Percival | 12/11/2018 |
final hill of the day from the destroyed hartside cafe left melmerby fell for another day as weather deteriorated solo | colinfielding | 05/11/2018 |
From the burnt-out Hartside Cafe. Direct line taken over heather moorland, rough ground. | jonglew | 21/09/2018 |
From Hartside | Slash3 | 23/06/2018 |
Nice walk with the dog from the cafe boggy in places | Darren-443 | 26/08/2017 |
From Hartside. | Winterfloodian | 09/08/2017 |
Was staying at Melmerby so started there.Took the track from GR 6148 3767 to 6129 4009. Took mainly roads to Renwick. Pleasant climb up to Thack Moor, Watch Hill and Black Fell and then down to Hartside where I had some lunch. Fiends fell and then Little Knapside Hill and then picked up the path at GR 6366 3834 which was a pleasant walk. | tsharp | 06/07/2017 |
fa, 4 in party, 9.9km, mist, hail and sleet, round trip from harassed cafe car park to melmerby fell, wet underfoot and in the hail and sleet. | rum doodle | 04/11/2016 |
Parked at Hartside Top Café - easy grassy but damp ascent to trig cairns then back to café for tea and cake. | briandavies | 20/10/2016 |
Walked on my own from Melmerby. using walk c430 after Melmerby Fell. Glorious sunshine with a pleasant breeze. Enjoyed the walk to this fell from Melmerby Fell. A little wet in places but no problem bogs to contend with. Good views and a good path back to Melmerby. | flockwatcher | 16/08/2016 |
Hartside Cafe | route685 | 19/07/2016 |
EASY DAY AFTER RANGES MARATHON OUT AND BACK FROM/TO HARTSIDE CAFE OVER FIENDS FELL AND MELMERBY FELL. OVERCAST AFTER 9 DAYS OF SUNSHINE AT ALSTON BUT PLEASANT CONDITIONS AND EASY TERRAIN. | BURGESS | 04/10/2015 |
Walk to complete the English Nuttalls with Dad. Final one was Fiend's Fell. | AGWilliamson | 26/09/2015 |
Nuttall Walk EN 9.2. Melmerby Fell from Hartside. Melmerby Fell and Fiend's Fell. 14.5km with 400m ascent in 3h30m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 04/08/2015 |
from Cafe - en route to Mell fell. | stig_nest | 26/07/2015 |
East from Hartside Cafe along the A686 for 1.2Kms to single derelict house on the north side of the road then opposite down green lane to join Maiden Way roman road by wood. SSW to Megs Cairn then over Melmerby Fell (Dun Edge), Knapside Hill, Little Knapside Hill to Fiends Fell and back to Hartside with Mary. | Glenelg | 27/06/2015 |
Walked up from Hartside for the YSM. | Walker Dan | 24/06/2015 |
Solo. Done twice on there and back to Cross Fell from Hartside Cafe. | Aimless Rambler | 26/05/2015 |
To the north west of Melmerby Fell lay Knapside Hill and a clear track, so I decided that this would be the better return route and would avoid a second wade. The snow was intermittent on the ridge and this was the easiest walking of the day. The only obstacle came where the ground dipped sharply before rising again to Fiends Fell, and I had to pick my way carefully round the east of the hollow to avoid sinking into snow. | peter4lc | 25/02/2015 |
Parked at Hartside Cross on the A686 Penrith to Alston road south on course of Old Tramway to area of old mines where the tramway ends at a river valley Aglionby Beck. Then followed a line past mine workings to the top of Melmerby Fell 709m marked as Dun Edge. Headed NW across nice grassy top to Knapside Hill and ate lunch in the shelter of the large cairn. Then north to Little Knapside Hill and Fiends Fell. 634m and down to the pass. Continued tstraight across to Black Fell as we had plenty of time. Snowed briefly when we got back to the car. | axe.stephen | 16/02/2015 |